coiriúlacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• coireamhlacht (superseded)

Etymology

coiriúil +‎ -acht

Noun

coiriúlacht f (genitive singular coiriúlachta)

1. crime, criminality
2. vice
3. guilt, guiltiness (state of being guilty)

Declension

Declension of coiriúlacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative coiriúlacht Vocative a choiriúlacht Genitive coiriúlachta Dative coiriúlacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an choiriúlacht Genitive na coiriúlachta Dative leis an gcoiriúlacht don choiriúlacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coiriúlacht	choiriúlacht	gcoiriúlacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coireaṁlaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 167
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coiriúlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “coiriúlacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024